δαΐζω
daizo
cleave asunder
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δαΐζω, aor. ἐδάϊξα (v. infr.):—Med. fut. δαΐσονται 4.615:— Pass. (v. infr., cf. δαίω B):—Α. poet. (Trag. in lyr.), cleave asunder, πάντα διεμοιρᾶτο δαΐζων Od. 14.434; χιτῶνα περὶ στήθεσσι δαΐξαι Il. 2.416, cf. 7.247; δαΐζων ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ 24.393; κάρανα δαΐξας Ch. 396. 2. slay, δαΐζων ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας Il. 11.497; τέκνον δαΐξω Ag. 208: freq. in Pass., χαλκῷ δεδαϊγμένος Il. 22.72, etc.; δεδαϊγμένος ἦτορ pierced through the heart, 17.535; δεδαϊγμένον ἦτορ a heart torn by misery, Od. 13.320; ἐκ βελέων δαϊχθείς P. 6.33; ἐξ ἐμᾶν χερῶν IT 872. 3. rend, χερσὶ κόμην ᾔσχυνε δαΐζων Il. 18.27 (so in Med. fut., Man.l.c.); δαΐζειν πόλιν destroy it utterly, Supp. 680, cf. Ch. 396. 4. divide, ἐδαΐζετο θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν their soul was divided within them, Il. 9.8; δαϊζόμενος κατὰ θυμὸν διχθάδια divided or doubting between two opinions, 14.20; δαΐζειν ἐννέα μοίρας to divide into . ., L. 712. 5. = δαινύναι (q. v.), θυσίας ἃς δαΐζοι ἁ πόλις IG 7.207 (Aegosthena). [δᾰ-; but δᾱ- Il. 11.497, Ch. 396.] (Prob. δαϝίζω from *δα-ϝο-ς ‘cut’; cf. δᾰ-τέομαι.)
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